GeForce RTX 2080 Super vs Tesla K20X

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated56
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data31.94
Power efficiencyno data13.92
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGK110TU104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 November 2012 (12 years ago)23 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,699 $699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores26883072
Core clock speed732 MHz1650 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1815 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)235 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate164.0348.5
Floating-point processing power3.935 TFLOPS11.15 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs224192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1300 MHz1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth249.6 GB/s495.9 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA3.57.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 November 2012 23 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 235 Watt 250 Watt

Tesla K20X has 6.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 2080 Super, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla K20X and GeForce RTX 2080 Super. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla K20X is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 2080 Super is a desktop one.


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